AS LAST MONTH HERE THE UPDATED LIST INCLUDING THE SCO-
RES OF 'METACRITIC', 'RATE YOUR MUSIC', 'FASTNBULBOUS'
'MUSIK EXPRESS', 'Q', 'SPEX' AND 'MUSIC BOX'

1 101 ( 1) YEAH YEAH YEAHS 'SHOW YOUR BONES'
2 159 ( 2) ARCTIC MONKEYS 'WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM'
3 162 (--) GNARLS BARKLEY 'ST.ELSEWHERE'
4 231 ( 3) CAT POWER 'THE GREATEST'
5 235 (11) THE FLAMING LIPS 'AT WAR WITH THE MYSTICS'

6 268 (--) RACONTEURS 'BROKEN BOY SOLDIER'
7 275 ( 5) MOGWAI 'MR. BEAST'
8 281 ( 4) BELLE & SEBASTIAN 'THE LIFE PURSUIT'
9 284 (--) GHOSTFACE KILLAH 'FISHSCALE'
10 289 ( 6) MORRISSEY 'RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTORS'

11 293 (35) HOWE GELB 'SNO ANGEL LIKE YOU'
12 306 (13) NEKO CASE 'FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD'
13 339 (--) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 'STADIUM ARCADIUM'
14 355 ( 8) EELS 'WITH STRINGS LIVE AT TOWN HALL'
15 357 (29) SECRET MACHINES 'TEN SILVER DROPS'

16 362 (--) DRESDEN DOLLS 'YES, VIRGINIA'
17 363 ( 9) J. DILLA AKA JAY DEE 'DONUTS'
18 364 ( 7) JENNY LEWIS&WATSON TWINS 'RABBIT FUR COAT'
19 378 (33) CALEXICO 'GARDEN RUIN'
20 388 (14) GRAHAM COXON 'LOVE TRAVELS AT ILLEGAL...'

21 392 (19) SPARKS 'HELLO YOUNG LOVER'
22 394 (10) THE KOOKS 'INSIDE IN INSIDE OUT'
23 396 (--) ISLANDS 'RETURN TO THE SEA'
24 408 (15) THE STROKES 'FIRST IMPRESSION OF EARTH'
25 412 (--) DIRTY PRETTY THINGS 'WATERLOO TO ANYWHERE'

26 422 (17) JOSH RITTER 'THE ANIMAL YEARS'
27 430 (--) CANDI STATON 'HIS HANDS'
27 430 (27) ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN 'BALLAD OF'
27 430 (--) THE TWILIGHT SINGERS 'POWDER BURNS'
30 437 (--) THE FUTUREHEADS 'NEWS AND TRIBUTES'

31 441 (18) TWO GALLANTS 'WHAT THE TOLL TELLS'
32 445 (31) ROSANNE CASH 'BLACK CADILLAC'
33 449 (16) KELLEY STOLTZ 'BELOW THE BRANCHES'
34 454 (--) DONALD FAGEN 'MORPH THE CAT'
35 459 (--) ADAM GREEN 'JACKET FULL OF DANGER'

36 463 (24) LIARS 'DRUM'S NOT DEAD'
37 467 (34) EDITH FROST 'IT'S A GAME'
38 468 (--) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 'WE SHALL OVERCOME'
39 469 (--) SNOW PATROL 'EYES OPEN'
40 473 (--) APHEX TWIN 'CHOSEN LORDS'
40 473 (12) BETH ORTON 'COMFORT OF STRANGERS'

42 474 (--) BUILT TO SPILL 'YOU IN REVERSE'
43 480 (21) KRIS KRISTOFFERSON 'THIS OLD ROAD'
43 480 (--) RON SEXSMITH 'TIME BEING'
45 484 (--) MATMOS 'THE ROSE HAS TEETH IN THE MOUTH'

46 485 (--) DAVID GILMOUR 'ON AN ISLAND'
47 486 (--) THE VINES 'VISION VALLEY'
48 488 (20) CLEARLAKE 'AMBER'
49 491 (--) THE COUP 'PICK A BIGGER WEAPON'
45 494 (--) SWAY 'THIS IS MY DEMO'

Interesting. Where does Pearl Jam come?

DEAR BULLFINCH
PEARL JAM IS ACTUALLY NO.2 AT 'RATE YOUR MUSIC', NO.25
AT 'METACRITIC' AND NO.70 AT 'FAST'N'BULBOUS', BUT WITH THE EXCORIATING CRITICS AT 'Q' AND 'MUSIK EX-PRESS' IT GIVES THEM AN ACTUAL SCORE OF 528 POINTS =
PLACE 63 AT THE MOMENT